Determinants of Health The range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status are known as determinants of health. The context of people’s lives determine their health, and so blaming individuals for having poor health or crediting them for good health is inappropriate. Individuals are unlikely to be able to directly control many of the determinants of health. The determinants of health include: • the social and economic environment, • the physical environment, and • the person’s individual characteristics and behaviours.   Determinants of health fall under several broad categories • Genetics and biological • Physical Factors • Social Factors • Health behavior • Health Services and medical care • Policymaking   Genetics and Biological determinants: • Some biological and genetic factors affect specific...

                  Concept of Health Promotion Over the past three decades, the field of health promotion has emerged as a new way of thinking about the root causes of health and wellness. This thinking has sparked the development of new approaches to improving the health of individuals and communities. What is Health Promotion Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Ref :  Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO 1986) What is Health Promotion • Health promotion represents a comprehensive social and political process, it not only embraces actions directed at strengthening the skills and capabilities of individuals, but also action directed towards changing social, environmental and economic conditions so as to  alleviatetheir impact on public and individual health. Health promotion is theprocess of enabling people to increase control over the determinantsof health an...